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NYDFS releases major update to Part 500 cybersecurity requirements for financial services companies

Data Protection Report

On November 1, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released the finalized amendments of Part 500 of its cybersecurity regulations. Some requirements also apply specifically to larger covered entities falling under the “Class A companies” category. f), is sufficient to trigger this new notice requirement.

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What VCs See Happening in Cybersecurity in 2023

eSecurity Planet

Despite all this, there is one tech category that has held up fairly well: Cybersecurity. Just look at a report from M&A advisory firm Houlihan Lokey , which found that private cybersecurity company funding grew by 9.4% There have been a number of impressive funding rounds this year for cybersecurity startups.

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Distribute Cybersecurity Tasks with Diffusion of Responsibility in Mind

Lenny Zeltser

How might we distribute cybersecurity tasks and operationalize the perhaps utopian idea that "security is everyone's responsibility"? Clarify Expectations Cybersecurity leaders generally design and manage the security program, which is the structure within which the organization can achieve its security objectives.

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GUEST ESSAY: Addressing data leaks and other privacy, security exposures attendant to M&As

The Last Watchdog

The FBI recently issued a warning that ransomware gangs are targeting companies during “time-sensitive financial events”, such as mergers and acquisitions. So what are some of the specific security risks and challenges that organizations face and best practices to help close the cybersecurity gap in each stage?

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GhostTouch: how to remotely control touchscreens with EMI

Security Affairs

The researchers demonstrated how to inject two types of basic touch events, taps and swipes, into targeted locations of the touchscreen. The events allowed the researchers to control the devices (i.e. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS.

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PACMAN, a new attack technique against Apple M1 CPUs

Security Affairs

PACMAN is a novel hardware attack technique that can allow attackers to bypass Pointer Authentication (PAC) on the Apple M1 CPU. The pointer authentication codes (PACs) allow to detect and guard against unexpected changes to pointers in memory. ” reads the research paper published by the researchers. ” reads the paper.

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MaliBot Android Banking Trojan targets Spain and Italy

Security Affairs

The malware supports a broad range of features, including the ability to steal credentials, cookies, and bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes. “MaliBot listens for events using the Accessibility Service. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g.

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